Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 1991, 5:35 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1991, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1991, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Portage, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OHZO11-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1210 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. AT 1205 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE CITY OF BUCYRUS BY 1220 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE ATTENDING THE BRATWURST FESTIVAL IN BUCYRUS OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. DOXEY
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:17 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ011-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. AT 1205 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE CITY OF BUCYRUS BY 1220 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY 4ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE ATTENDING THE BRATWURST FESTIVAL IN BUCYRUS OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. DOXEY ...CORRECTED HEADER...
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ004-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 328 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 325 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF AKRON TO ZANESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES BY 340 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
OHZALL-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 340 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE AFFECTING PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 335 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. NEW THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE AREA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AT 315 PM THE LORAIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING THERE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR FROM ANY OF THE STORMS CROSSING NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING... SO PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND KEEJP TRACK OF LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
OHZ004-007-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 412 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 AT 405 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL OHIO. ONE THUNDERSTORM...10 MILES WEST OF COSHOCTON...CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. THIS PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH COSHOCTON COUNTY TO WEST CENTRAL TUSCARAWAS COUNTY BY 5 PM. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZALL-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 430 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE AFFECTING PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ASHLAND...SOUTHERN LORAIN AND WESTERN MEDINA COUNTIES. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS REPORT GUSTY WINDS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. SJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Holmes | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 58 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.